29.1.14. gy. A1C2 (példák)

erosion noun /ɪˈrəʊ.ʒən/ [U] 2 erózió (átv.) (fokozatos csökkenése/leromlása vminek)

There has been a gradual erosion of confidence in the government.

rubbish noun /ˈrʌb.ɪʃ/ [U] 2 szemét, vacak (rossz minőségű dolog) (informal)

There's so much rubbish on TV.

trash noun /træʃ/ [U] szemét, vacak (rossz minőségű dolog) (film, tévéműsor, könyv, stb.) (informal)

I can't believe that someone of his intelligence can read such trash!

There's only trash on the television tonight.

appalling adjective /əˈpɔː.lɪŋ/ 1 förtelmes, csapnivaló, pocsék (nagyon rossz)

appalling behaviour/weather

The film was absolutely appalling!

awful adjective /ˈɔː.fəl/ rémes, borzasztó; borzalmas, szörnyű (nagyon rossz)

The weather was awful.

She's got an awful boss.

It's an awful place.

She'd been ill and she looked awful.

bad adjective /bæd/ (worse, worst) 1 rossz (kellemetlen)

Our holiday was ruined by bad weather.

We've just had some very bad news.

Watch out - he's in a bad mood.

The queues were so bad that I didn't bother waiting.

bad adjective /bæd/ (worse, worst) 2 gyenge, rossz minőségű; helytelen, nem elfogadható

The food was so bad we couldn't eat it.

He has some very bad habits.

He was sent home from school for bad behaviour.

I'm very bad at cooking.

cheap adjective /tʃiːp/ 2 olcsó, igénytelen, gyenge minőségű

I bought some cheap wine to cook with.

crude adjective /kruːd/ 1 kidolgozatlan, egyszerű (eszköz, fegyver, stb.)

a crude device/weapon

dreadful adjective /ˈdred.fəl/ szörnyű (nagyon rossz/kellemetlen) (időjárás, hiba, hír, sérülés, stb.)

The food was bad and the service was dreadful.

I was beginning to think I'd made a dreadful mistake.

The news report was so dreadful that I just had to switch it off.